Receptacle for attachment to vehicles.



No. 804,362. PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

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Attorneys 3 J 6 u HW.. .Lvl/ l f m. m\ y T mi W 11h@ .o z om l j 7 6 J J 1 WILLIAM E. WEiGHT, oE MAY, TEXAS.

RECEPTVACLE FOR ATTACHMENT 'TO VEHICLES. 4

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905. I

application filed May 18, 1905. Serial No. 260,994-

YTo all whom it mal/y concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at May, in the county of Brown andl State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Receptacle for Attachment to Vehicles, of-which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to receptacles for attachment to the seats of vehicles, and has for its object to produce a simply-constructed and easily-applied structure of this class which may be readily applied to any of the Various forms of vehicle seats without structural changes in the same.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts maybe resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

1n the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional form of a vehicle-seat with the improved receptacles arranged thereon. Fig. 2 is a sectional view longitudinally of the seat and transversely of the receptacles. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail illustrating the receptacle-fastening device. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 3.

The improved device comprises spaced receptacles 10, formed right and left to fit against the ioor 11 and end members 12 of the seat and with the upper portions of the adjacent sides inclined outwardly and upwardly, as at 13, and provided with covers 14, hinged thereto, as at 15, the covers provided with means, such as loops 16, for opening the same when required. The receptacles 10 are also provided with straps 17 for fastening detachably to the side rails 18 or other parts of the vehicle.

Attached to the forward ends of the receptacles 10 are plates-19, extending below the forward edges of the Hoor portion 11 of the seat and terminating in loops 2O for engaging rods 21, attached to the Hoor portion of the seat, which thus effectually prevents forward movement of the receptacles, while at the same time permitting the removal of the same by moving them toward the center of the floor, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4. The receptacles are wide enough to occupy all the seat-space except that necessary to accornmcdate one person, and this intervening space is occupied by a cushion 22, with the ends of the cushion bearing against the inner walls of the receptacles, the cushion thus serving the twofold purpose of a cushion for the central portion of the seat structure and also as a means for retaining the receptacles in position and preventing inward movement of the same. The adjacent walls of the receptacles are also provided with cushions 23, extending over the ends of the intermediate seat-cushion 22 and assisting in holding the same upon the seat.

The upper inner portions of the receptacles sloping away from the central seat portion adds materially to the comfort of the rider without perceptibly decreasing the area of the receptacles.

The receptacles may be employed for any required purpose and for containing articles or material of any kind, and will be of especial usefulness for physicians and surgeons in which to carry their supplies, instruments, and the like in a convenient and readily-accessible position. The device may also be employed to advantage by commercial travelers or merchants who use vehicles to carry merchandise of certain kinds.

The receptacles may be covered with cloth, oil-cloth, leather, or the like to correspond to the other portions of the vehicle and lined with any suitable material and divided into compartments, as required.

The receptacle may be readily adapted to the seats of automobiles and similar vehicles or to vehicles drawn by horses, as may be preferred.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is* 1. The combination with the seat of a vehicle of spaced receptacles disposed at the ends of said seat and with the upper portion of the inner sides inclining upwardly and outwardly means for detachably connecting said IOO likewise bearing beneath the cushions on the receptacles.

3. A vehicle-seat having rods connected at one end to the seat and extending toward the center of the same, receptacles disposed upon vsaid seat at the ends and provided with loops detachably engaging said rods, and a cushion upon said seatbetwee said receptacles and bearing by its ends against said receptacles.

4f. A vehicle-seat having rods connected at one end to the seat and extending toward the center of the same, receptacles disposed upon said seat at the ends and provided with loops detachably engaging said rods, cushions upon the adjacent faces of said receptacles,`and a cushion upon said seat between said receptacles and bearing at its ends against said receptacles and likewise extending beneath said receptacle-cushions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses..

WILLIAM E. WRIGHT. Witnesses:

R. B. FLOYD, J. C. MAYo. 

